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2026 Sep 16
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Sun-synchronous Satellites - India

This a list of satellites in sun-synchronous orbit operated by India ordered by LTDN - Local Time at the Descending Node. Names are not necessarily those by which they are known in the NORAD catalogue used by SpaceTrack.

It is a snapshot and is updated weekly. The measure that results in an entry in this table is that the drift rate of LTDN (Local Time at the Descending Node) is no more than twenty four minutes each year. Some satellites may have higher drift rates but they may still be acceptable to their owners/operators. They do not appear here. On the converse, although a satellite is in a sun-synchronous orbit, it is not necessarily active.

Updated: 2026 Sep 10, 23:04 UTC

LTDN Satellite Cat
no
Desig- nation Orbit
Epoch
Orbit
05:57EOS 04 (Earth Observation Satellite 4)516562022-013A2026 Sep 10527 x 529 km, 95.2 min, 97°.5
08:55Cartosat 2B367952010-035A2026 Sep 10627 x 641 km, 97.4 min, 98°.0
09:26Cartosat 2D419482017-008A2026 Sep 10505 x 511 km, 94.8 min, 97°.4
09:29Cartosat 2E427672017-036C2026 Sep 10505 x 511 km, 94.8 min, 97°.4
09:29EMISat (Electromagnetic Intelligence-gathering Satellite)440782019-018A2026 Sep 10734 x 759 km, 99.7 min, 98°.5
09:30Cartosat 2C415992016-040A2026 Sep 10502 x 514 km, 94.8 min, 97°.4
09:30Cartosat 2F431112018-004A2026 Sep 10507 x 509 km, 94.8 min, 97°.5
09:37Cartosat 3448042019-081A2026 Sep 10501 x 516 km, 94.8 min, 97°.4
10:00HySIS437192018-096A2026 Sep 10633 x 634 km, 97.4 min, 98°.0
10:03Resourcesat 2373872011-015A2026 Sep 10812 x 828 km, 101.3 min, 98°.8
10:27Resourcesat 2A418772016-074A2026 Sep 10818 x 822 km, 101.3 min, 98°.7
10:27LEAP-1653212025-188G2026 Sep 10591 x 593 km, 96.5 min, 97°.7
10:30FFLY03653192025-188E2026 Sep 10583 x 595 km, 96.5 min, 97°.7
10:30FFLY01653202025-188F2026 Sep 10583 x 595 km, 96.5 min, 97°.7
10:30FFLY02653222025-188H2026 Sep 10581 x 598 km, 96.5 min, 97°.7
12:04EOS 06 (Earth Observation Satellite 6)543612022-158A2026 Sep 10734 x 737 km, 99.5 min, 98°.4
17:57SARAL (Satellite with ARgos and ALtiKa)390862013-009A2026 Sep 10780 x 784 km, 100.5 min, 98°.6
18:01NISAR650532025-163A2026 Sep 10749 x 751 km, 99.8 min, 98°.4
22:40Drishti690102026-100AG2026 Sep 10499 x 508 km, 94.7 min, 97°.4

For the satellites that do not have formal published elements, thanks go to the radio and visual amateur satellite trackers for their observing, and particularly to Mike McCants for archiving the derived orbits.

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